Children's Act, 2005 (Act No. 38 of 2005)Chapter 8 : Prevention and Early Intervention146. Provision of prevention and early intervention programmes |
| 1) | The MEC for social development must, from money appropriated by the relevant provincial legislature, provide and fund prevention and early intervention programmes for that province. |
| 2) | Prevention and early intervention programmes must— |
| a) | be provided in accordance with this Act; and |
| b) | comply with the prescribed national norms and standards contemplated in section 147 and such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| 3) | The provider of prevention and early intervention programmes only qualifies for funding contemplated in subsection (1) if the programmes comply with the prescribed national norms and standards contemplated in section 147 and such other requirements as may be prescribed. |
| 4) | The funding of prevention and early intervention programmes must be prioritised— |
| a) | in communities where families lack the means of providing proper shelter, food and other basic necessities of life to their children; and |
| b) | to make prevention and early intervention programmes available to children with disabilities. |